We are told life should be a certain way. If it strays from this expectation we judge it as ‘bad’ or ‘wrong’.

No one teaches us how to live the life we have been given. We must learn that for ourselves even if there are things about it that we do not like. Even if there are things about ourselves we do not like.

We suffer because life is not what we want. We suffer because we are not what we think we should be.

This suffering layers upon itself and spirals us down the rabbit hole of despair.

First, to begin our healing, we have to recognize our unhappiness. We have to find the thoughts within our minds that support that life is not as it should be.

This takes time.

This takes courage.

It is hard but you do not have to do anything more than that. Make space for your judgments against life and yourself.

Given the framework we live in, it would make sense you would have these thoughts of ‘not enough’ or ‘less than’.

How does it feel to watch your judgments and not fight them?

For me, it feels easier. The suffering these thoughts cause still remains but the resistance to them is diminished.

When we stop fighting what is, what will happen?

This could be the first step towards Love. This could be the first step towards healing.

Every day life presents us with a choice. But first, we have to acknowledge this choice exists. This realization could happen in an instant or take years of dismantling our beliefs.

Either way, the choice exists and when we are ready, we must select the one that fits us best.

This is simple but our minds may not be ready to see it as so.

I finally see the choices clearly. One has me part of the world, fighting each day for peace in my heart. The other holds the stairs that will transcend me beyond the world. If I remain in the fight, it will appear I am not alone. If I choose the stairs, it will appear I am completely alone.

The choices are real, but the assumptions I have about them are false.

The stairs hold True Connection. The world holds everything else.

Either choice does not fit me.

Both break my heart in different ways.

I am not ready to choose.

I am adrift in my indecision.

All I am ready to do is honor my confusion.

So, I sit at this bend in my spiritual road and rest for a while.

All decisions in the world symbolically reflect exactly where I am. If you are tired and you are confused, come and rest with me for a while.

Pain is a natural result of an emotional or physical injury. It is contained to a specific act or event. If pain is left to its own devices, it will run its course and return the injured party to peace.

Suffering happens when we argue with our pain. When we label pain or judge it harshly, it begins to bleed on to our character, our hopes and our dreams. We suffer deeply as a result. Immersed in this complexity, our hearts are cut off from Love.

Pain, though uncomfortable, quickly moves through us. Pain has a purpose. Pain will help us return to wholeness.

In contrast, suffering spreads like hot lava until we forget we were ever whole. The burning edges of it singe every facet of our existence.

There are things our eyes cannot see and our hearts cannot know until will break ourselves free from old ways of thinking.

Happiness is the last, great illusion to crumble before we accept our Truth.

Happiness is a fine mist that covers our Vision. There is no way to sustainably grasp it. The wisps we catch evaporate before they solidify.

There is a burden attached to finding this happiness. We often do not notice it until it begins to break apart our understanding of the world. Usually, when an ultimate goal or dream is achieved and we are left empty and hollow, then the whispers of Truth grow louder.

We have no business being happy.

We have every right to be free.

Whatever we choose each day defines our spiritual goals. Each choice has its wisdom. Each way leads to Love.

Choose the one that makes you whole in the moment.

It is okay to choose happiness. Truth does not ask you to let go of something you want.